Famous Deaths In December - 15
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1025 Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on this day in history.
1072 Death of Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) on December - 15.
1230 Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.
1263 On December - 15 death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
1515 Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies on December - 15.
1576 Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1598 On this day in history philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58
1621 Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on December - 15.
1626 Adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 on December - 15.
1673 Death of Margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623) on December - 15.
1675 On December - 15 john Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43
1683 Death of Izaak Walton, English writer (b. 1593) on this day in history.
1688 Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1699 On this day in history henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63
1712 Sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67 on December - 15.
1715 On December - 15 george Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
1753 Death of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (b. 1694) on this day in history.
1779 On this day in history manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62
1792 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36 on December - 15.
1816 On this day in history joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44
1817 On this day in history maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies
1822 Ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65 on December - 15.
1826 On December - 15 death of william Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC
1831 On this day in history paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
1839 Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1855 Death of Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803) on December - 15.
1861 On December - 15 gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45
1880 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76 on December - 15.
1889 On December - 15 ferdinand II A F A, king of Portugal, dies at 73
1890 Death of Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US on December - 15.
1892 Charles Balmer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1896 On this day in history john GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1901 Elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1909 Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
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